Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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-PcrSeucrdnh ompid Uincit doesn't
mean that you kan raise corn by goin'
ishin' when the weeds IL up.
Graham Cookies Two cups sugar,
one cup sour cream, one-half teaspoon
full soda. Mix quickly, roll and bake.
Boston Budget
The only reform of any account
begins at the cradle. What q CRATE
thought it is that the hull populasion
of the globe a half-centmy from now
IL at present sittin' IN their mothers
laps!
1t will pay better to raise pigs that
weigh one hundred and fifty pounds at
six months old than TO raise those that
will only reach one hundred pounds at
that age, and there are plenty of the
latter kind.
Pea Soup.-Soak the peas over
night; put them in cold water and let
them boil; keep skimming; as they boil
add cold water; boil a little piece of
salt pork with them; season with an
onion, cut fine; add n little thyme.
Strain and serve, -Erchange,
-Hominy Blancmangc.-Put three
ounces of hominy to soak in cold water,
just enough to cover it, then, in a few
hours, add a pint and n half of milk
and cook gently for two hours, when it
may be sweetencd and favored to
taste, and poured into mods. 1t sets
in a very short time Waterman.
And oh, pusley! How easy to ex-
terminate that cunning little weed
when we see it comming to the surface
like a swarm of red spiders dotting the
ground! How hard to kill it, a week
or ten days later, when the hot sun has
helped it to form a ~succulent mat that
fire will hardly vanquish!-O orr Country
Home.
Slowed Potatoes. One pint of cold
boiled potatoes, cut in bits, II pint Of
milk, butter the size of an egg and a
heaping tcaspoonful of flour, Melt
the butter, add the flour, cook a mo-
ment. pour in the milk, one even tea
spoonful of salt, and a %saltspoonful of
white pepper. When it boils add the
potatoes. Boil a minute and serve
HOusehOld.
Lemon CrcamS.-Pare two lemons
thin, pour over onc-half pint boiling
water, let stand all night, squeeze the
juice of the lemons on one-half pound
sugar the next morning, beat three
eggs well, take out the peel and mix
the water with other ingredients, strain
through Il sieve, then stir over a brisk
fire till thick as cream, pour hot in the
glasses. -Erchange.
Puff Omelet. Beat the yelks of six
eggs and add n tcacup of sweet milk
and n pinch of salt. Then beat to-
gether n tablespoon each of butter and
flour, until smooth, add to the eggs
and beat together thoroughly. Place
the mixture in u well CREASED frying
pan, and when it begins to thicken add
six whites beaten to n thick broth and
salt to taste,-Ch chicago Hcrald.
Although it is well to have a supply
of sweet herbs kept separately, q bottle
ready mixed should also be prepared,
as they save much trouble and can al
ways be used when called for by the
general term sweet herbs. These
usually consist Of equal parts of lemon,
thyme, m%arjoram and savory, and two
parts parsley dried by heat. Sun-dricd
parsley tastelcss. - Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
Neck of Veal Roastcd.-Take a
neck of rather large veal, saw off the
chine and cut through the ribs about
the middle, so as to roll the flaps I'M
derncath. and tie tho moat with % piouc
of string. As veal is rather tastclcss
it is better to lard it or else tie some
thin pieces of fat salt pork upon it.
Put the meat in Il hot oven, haste every
ten minutes with the fat that comes
from the pork, II with butter ~Good